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March 14, 2008
Cambridge Health Alliance Psychiatrist Receives Award from the Massachusetts
Coalition of School-Based Health Centers
Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Medford, Revere, Somerville,
Winthrop, MA...Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) announced today that
Nancy Rappaport, MD, is the inaugural recipient of the Massachusetts
Coalition of School-Based Health Centers' (MCSBHC) 2008 Outstanding
School-Based Health Center Supporter Award. The award was presented
at the MCSBHC's Third Annual School-Based Health Center Awareness
Day, held recently at the Massachusetts State House in Boston.
MCSBHC honored Dr. Rappaport for her dedication to providing the
most vulnerable children access to quality mental health services.
"As CHA's Director of School-Based Programs, Dr. Rappaport
delivers care to high-risk students in Cambridge, Somerville, Everett,
and Malden by fortifying the interdisciplinary provision of services,"
said Jay Burke, MD, MPH, CHA's Chairman and Chief of the Department
of Psychiatry. "Additionally, her clinical work at CHA's Teen
Health Center, one of the first school-based health centers in the
nation, illustrates her exceptional commitment to supporting the
continuity of care between schools and health providers."
Dr. Rappaport specializes in issues surrounding school violence,
cognitive behavioral therapy for traumatized adolescents, and safety
assessments of aggressive students. She also serves as Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
The Massachusetts Coalition of School-Based Health Centers is a
statewide membership organization designed to unify, energize and
strengthen an independent network of school-based health centers
(SBHCs) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. By providing a central
voice advocating for SBHCs, and facilitating knowledge sharing among
SBHCs, the Coalition strives to mobilize the network of centers
throughout the state to improve and sustain access to quality services
for children and adolescents. To learn more visit www.mcsbhc.org.
Cambridge Health Alliance psychiatrist Nancy Rappaport, MD (right)
receives the Massachusetts Coalition of School-Based Health Centers'
2008 Outstanding School-Based Health Center Supporter Award from
Antonia Blinn, MCSBHC Program Director (left), and Massachusetts
State Representative Alice Wolf (photo courtesy of Parker Digital
Images)
Cambridge Health Alliance is a regional healthcare
system with three hospitals and more than twenty primary care practices
in Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston’s metro-North communities.
As a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Health
Alliance offers medical residency/training programs and undergraduate
learning experiences in hospital and community settings. Cambridge
Health Alliance also includes the Cambridge Public Health Department,
CHA Physicians Organization (CHAPO), and Network Health, a managed
Medicaid plan. For more information: http://www.challiance.org
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